Baluch separatists claimed an attack on March 20 during which gunmen opened fire on the port authority complex in Pakistan's Arabian Sea city of Gwadar in Balochistan Province. Government officials told Pakistani television that "all eight militants" who participated in the attack had been killed. The separatist Baluch Liberation Army (BLA) claimed responsibility for the attack in a statement, saying it targeted offices of military intelligence located in the complex. Gwadar is part of China's multibillion-dollar China-Pakistan Economic Corridor, the flagship project of Chinese President Xi Jinping's Belt and Road Initiative. BLA separatists regularly launch attacks in Balochistan Province. To read the original story by RFE/RL's Radio Mashaal, click here.
Baluch Separatists Claim Attack On Pakistan's Gwadar Port
Gwadar is part of China's multibillion-dollar China-Pakistan Economic Corridor, the flagship project of Chinese President Xi Jinping's Belt and Road Initiative. (file photo)